Endless razor-strop and cabinet



c. A. SHOUP. ENDLESS RAZOR STROP AND CABINET.

I APPLICATION FILED APR. 5,1917.

1,344,522. Patented June 22,1920.

6 Z. Shae/ a CLEMENT A. SHOUP,

0F TOLEDO, OHIO.

ENDLESS RAZOR-STROP AND CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1920.

Application filed April 5, 1917. Serial No. 159,939.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CLEMENT A. SHoUr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of bio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Endless Razor-Strops and Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in endless razor strops and cabinets and v has for one of its objects, the provision of a device of this character, whereby a razor may be readily stropped or sharpened by placing the same against the endless strop, obviating the necessity of drawing the razor back and forth upon the ordinary strop.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of an endless razor strop and cabinet of the above stated character, which shall be simple, durable and efficient, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

lVith these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my i11- vention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an endless razor str-op and cabinet constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, with the cover removed,

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same,

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view illustrating the removable handle for rotating the rollers,

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken through the cover illustrating the mirror.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates a receptacle having a removable cover 2, the top wall of which is formed by a mirror 3. The cover 2 is sup ported upon the receptacle 1 by a bead 4. One of the end walls of the receptacle 1 is provided with a door way for the purpose of receiving a drawer 5, in which various articles may be stored, such as articles used in the process of shaving.

suitable handle 6 is secured to the drawer 5 for the purpose of withdrawing and replacing the same within the receptacle. he receptacle 1 has a top 7 on which is positioned the cover 2 and to which are secured a pair of relatively spaced supporting brackets 8 adjacent one end thereof by fasteners 9.

A shaft 10 is journaled within the supporting brackets 8 and has secured thereon, a roller 11. A removable crank handle 12 is secured to one end of the shaft 10 for the purpose of rotating the roller 11, and may be readily removed when desiring to replace the cover 2 upon the device.

pair of relatively spaced supporting brackets 13 are provided with supporting feet 1a. The supporting feet 14: overlie slots 15 in the top wall 7 of the casing 1 and have secured thereto suitable fasteners 16, which extend through the slots 15 and have formed thereon, heads 17. Some of the fasteners are provided with extensions 18 to which coiled springs 19 are connected. The coiled springs 19 are in turn connected to anchor ing elements 20 carried by the under face of the top wall 7 of the receptacle 1. Journaled within the supporting brackets 13 is a shaft 21 to which is secured a roller 22.

An endless strop 23 is mounted upon the rollers 11 and 22 and is adapted to be rotated by the rollers upon rotating the roller 11 by the crank handle 12. The roller 22-being mounted upon the brackets 13 which brackets are slidably mounted upon the receptacle 1 under the influence of the springs 19 provides tension upon the strop 23 at all times.

In operation, when desiring to sharpen a razor or the like, it is placed against the strop-23 and by rotating the crank handle, the razor will be sharpened. The coiled springs 19 permit one of the rollers to move toward and from the other as the tension on the strop 23 is increased and decreased caused by the pressure brought thereon when placing the razor thereagainst when sharpening the same.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing to said second m0unted,on said rollers, a pair of spaced from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A razor strop comprising an elongated hollow base having pairs of spaced slots in its top wall adjacent one end thereof, a pair of spaced supports permanently secured to the outer face of the top wall of the base adjacent the other end thereof, a roller journaled to said supports, a second pair of spaced supports having diverging legs extending through the slots, a roller journaled supports, an endless strop collars formed on each of the legs of the second supports and the collars of each pair located one above-and one below the top wall of the base to limit the inward and outward movement of saidlegs and adapted to permit free sliding movement of said second supports on thevbase, a spring connected to one leg of each second named bracket and secured in presence of two witnesses.

' CLEMENT A. SHOUP.

Witnesses: s

MAX C. MILLING, SARAH B. MILLING. 

